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Columbus Blue Jackets Today

Red Wings owner proposes arena development in downtown Detroit

Detroit Red Wings owner
Mike Ilitch is planning a $650 million multi-use development in Detroit that would
include a new home for his hockey team.

Ilitch said yesterday that he is proposing a “substantial investment in the development of a new
residential, retail, office and entertainment district in downtown Detroit,” and that “a new
state-of-the-art, multi-purpose events center” would anchor the district.

Ilitch has long said he wants to build a new downtown home for the Red Wings. The Wings now play
at Joe Louis Arena, which was built in 1979.

The Ilitch family also owns the Detroit Tigers and Little Caesars Pizza.

COLLEGES

Tulsa fires athletic director for ties to gambling

Tulsa fired athletic director
Ross Parmley, who was named in the federal investigation into an alleged bookie in
Oklahoma City.

Tulsa president
Steadman Upham said Parmley told him in October 2011 that he was cooperating in an
FBI investigation related to the gambling case. Upham said Parmley, then the interim AD, assured
him that he hadn’t gambled on sports beyond friendly golf games, but Upham said he learned last
month that Parmley “had not been truthful.”

OLYMPICS

IOC hits India’s national committee with suspension

The International Olympic Committee suspended India’s national committee because of government
interference in its election process — a major embarrassment for the world’s second-most populous
nation.

After months of warnings, the IOC executive board imposed the sanction when the Indian Olympic
Association failed to comply with the world body’s demands for holding independent elections.

Under the suspension, the Indian body will stop receiving IOC funding and its officials will be
banned from attending Olympic meetings and events. India’s athletes will be barred from competing
in Olympic events under their national flag, although the IOC could allow them to do so under the
Olympic flag.

LEGAL FILE

Dutch teenagers charged in death of soccer official

Prosecutors in The Hague, Netherlands, said they are charging three players — two 15-year-olds
and a 16-year-old — with manslaughter, assault and public violence for their alleged involvement in
a fatal attack on a volunteer linesman during a youth soccer game.

Prosecutors said a group of players surrounded
Richard Nieuwenhuizen, 41, after the game on Sunday, kicking and punching him.
Nieuwenhuizen died on Monday. The players, whose identities have not been released, will be
arraigned on Thursday at a closed-door hearing. Prosecutors did not discuss a possible motive.

New owner of Sprint Cup team aims to be competitive

Brian Davis, the CEO of an independent oil and gas company, has acquired Inception
Racing and vows that his new NASCAR Sprint Cup team will be competitive in each race.

David Stremme drove the No. 30 Toyota for Inception last season, but the team was
a “start and park” in 20 of 28 races, when it intentionally did not finish in favor of picking up a
quick paycheck. With the rebranded Swan Racing, Davis wants Stremme to complete races in 2013.